Bolton Abbey
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Bolton Abbey Estate in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England, takes its name from a 12th-century Augustinian monastery of canons regular, technically a priory, which was closed in the 1539 Dissolution
The graveyard by the Priory
Bolton Hall
Kite aerial photo of Bolton Priory
Bolton Priory
Chatsworth House
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Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 miles north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendi
Bolton Abbey
…was converted into a house by the Cavendish family. The hall is a Grade II* listed building. As well as Bolton Abbey, the Cavendish family also own the Chatsworth (Derbyshire, England) and Lismore Castle (Waterford, in the Republic of Ireland) estates. In 1807, the famously large cow known as the Craven Heifer…
The south front of Chatsworth House, facing the Cascade and the Emperor Fountain
This engraving by Kip and Knyff shows Chatsworth part way through the 1st Duke's alterations. The south front has been rebuilt but the original east front survives. The baroque garden has been laid out, but only the first, smaller version of the Cascade has been built, and the Canal Pond has not been dug. The 1st Duke's stables are to the left of the house
17th-century painting of the west front of the Elizabethan Chatsworth
This late 18th-century oil painting by William Marlow emphasises the romantic aspect of Chatsworth's setting on the edge of the Peak District